Re: [PATCH v1 1/2] tools/nolibc/stdlib: Support overflow checking for older compiler versions

From: Paul E. McKenney
Date: Fri May 20 2022 - 13:32:54 EST


On Fri, May 20, 2022 at 06:29:56PM +0700, Alviro Iskandar Setiawan wrote:
> On Fri, May 20, 2022 at 12:21 AM Ammar Faizi <ammarfaizi2@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Previously, we used __builtin_mul_overflow() to check for overflow in
> > the multiplication operation in the calloc() function. However, older
> > compiler versions don't support this built-in. This patch changes the
> > overflow checking mechanism to make it work on any compiler version
> > by using a division method to check for overflow. No functional change
> > intended. While in there, remove the unused variable `void *orig`.
> >
> > Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20220330024114.GA18892@xxxxxx
> > Suggested-by: Willy Tarreau <w@xxxxxx>
> > Cc: Alviro Iskandar Setiawan <alviro.iskandar@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Ammar Faizi <ammarfaizi2@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Reviewed-by: Alviro Iskandar Setiawan <alviro.iskandar@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> tq
>
> -- Viro

I have queued both patches with yours and Willy Tarreau's reviews
and acks. Thank you all!

Thanx, Paul